Vanishing glioblastoma after corticosteroid therapy

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1226-1228

  Goh, Jia Jun ^a   See, Siew Ju ^a   Ang, Emily ^a   Ng, Wai Hoe ^a  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Brain tumor; Dexamethasone; Glioblastoma; Steroid

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEXAMETHASONE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67650729453     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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